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MX4GE Online Manual What’s in this manual MX4GE .......................................................................................................................................................1 What’s in this manual................................................................................................................................................................ 2 You Must Notice..............................................................................................................
MX4GE Online Manual DDR 266(PC2100) and DDR 333(PC2700) ............................................................................................................................ 32 Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 33 ATX Power Connector..............................................................................................................................
MX4GE Online Manual Front Audio Connector ............................................................................................................................................................ 52 S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector................................................................................................................... 53 Over-current Protection.....................................................................................................................
MX4GE Online Manual About BIOS Function Description… ........................................................................................................................................ 75 How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .............................................................................................................. 76 How To Enter BIOS Setup.......................................................................................................................................
MX4GE Online Manual DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM......................................................................................................................................... 84 DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)...................................................................................................................................... 84 DMA (Direct Memory Access) ..........................................................................................................................
MX4GE Online Manual PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ............................................................................................................................. 89 PDF Format ............................................................................................................................................................................ 89 PnP (Plug and Play)..................................................................................................................
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MX4GE Online Manual You Must Notice Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. AMD, the AMD logo, Athlon and Duron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Celeron, Pentium II, Pentium III and Pentium 4 are trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
MX4GE Online Manual Before You Start This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved in PDF format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD or you can get free download from Adobe web site.
MX4GE Online Manual Overview Thank you for choosing AOpen MX4GE motherboard. MX4GE is Intel® Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the micro ATX form factor featuring the Intel 845GE chipsets. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, MX4GE motherboard supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Willamette / Northwood) and 400/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. In the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB/sec.
MX4GE Online Manual Feature Highlight CPU Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Willamette / Northwood) 1.4GHz~2.8GHz+ with 400/533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset The 845GE chipset contains two core components designed for the desktop platform: the 845GE Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH), and the Intel I/O Controller Hub 4 (ICH4). These components are interconnected via an Intel proprietary interface called Hub Interface.
MX4GE Online Manual Memory Provides two 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 2GB of PC2700(DDR333) and PC2100(DDR266) compliant SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). Watch Dog Timer Includes AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking. 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS.
MX4GE Online Manual On-board AC’97 Sound MX4GE uses RealTek AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system. Six USB2.0 Ports Provides two ports on the back panel, two USB connectors, providing a total of six USB2.0 interface devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.
MX4GE Online Manual Enhanced ACPI Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows® 98/ME/2000 series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4) features. Super Multi-I/O Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART can also be directed from COM1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
MX4GE Online Manual Quick Installation Procedure This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. 1. Installing CPU and Fan 2. Installing System Memory (DIMM) 3. Connecting Front Panel Cable 4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable 5. Connecting ATX Power Cable 6. Connecting Back Panel Cable 7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default 8. Setting CPU Frequency 9. Reboot 10. Installing Operating System (such as Windows 98) 11.
MX4GE MODEM-CN Connector Front Audio Connector Online Manual Motherboard Map PC99 Colored Back Panel AC’97 CODEC Resetable Fuse CD-IN Connector 4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector CNR Connector Low ESR Capacitors 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 SYSFAN2 Connector S/PDIF Connector AGP 4x Expansion Slot WOL Connector 478-pin CPU socket (Willamette/ Northwood) with Voltage and Frequency Auto-detection that supports Intel® Pentium® 4 1.4~2.8GHz+ CPU USB2.
MX4GE Online Manual Block Diagram DDR200/266/333 SDRAM Up to 2GB 32-bit PCI Slot x3 DIMM Socket x2 Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPU(Willamette /Northwood) 400/533MHz System Bus Intel 845GE PCI Bus ATA 66/100 Primary Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP 4X Slot ICH4 LAN connect Component Intel PHY 82562ET USB Port USB Port x6 RealTek AC97 CODEC USB Port USB Port Winbond W83627 HF 4Mbit Flash EEPROM Parallel Port Serial Port x2 Floppy Disk Drive x2 18
MX4GE Online Manual Hardware Installation This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component. 1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. 2.
MX4GE Online Manual About “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may notice that some of the functions are marked as “User Upgrade Optional” or “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”. Although all of AOpen’s motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features, sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features.
MX4GE Online Manual JP14 Clear CMOS Data You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear CMOS, follow the procedure below. 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. 3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. 4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 & pin 2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. Pin 1 1 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? Normal (default) 1.
MX4GE Online Manual CPU Installation This motherboard supports Intel® Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU (Willamette / Northwood). Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for mark on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the socket.
MX4GE Online Manual 3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation. CPU cut edge Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, you may damage the CPU. Note: This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in. Note: This picture is for example only; it may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
MX4GE Online Manual CPU Fan Installation This motherboard comes with a retention module attached on the CPU socket when shipped, we strongly recommend you to install AOpen special designed CPU Fan as shown below on the retention module for better heat dissipation. Please install the CPU Fan correctly as the following pictures shown. 2. Pressing down the four clips with force one by one on the retention module. 1.
MX4GE Online Manual CPU Jumper-less Design CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection. Clock Generator ® Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 Controlled CPU Freq.
MX4GE Online Manual AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” AOpen provides a special and useful feature on this motherboard for overclockers. When you power-on the system, the BIOS will check last system POST status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog Timer” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB frequency according to user’s settings stored in the BIOS. If system failed in BIOS POST, the “Watch Dog Timer” will reset the system to reboot in five seconds.
MX4GE Online Manual Full-range Auto-detect CPU Core Voltage This function is dedicated to overclockers and supports auto-detect CPU Core Voltage from 1.10V to 1.85V. You don’t have to manually adjust it. However, this motherboard can also automatically detects CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage.
MX4GE Online Manual CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 12x Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz Pentium 4 2.2G Northwood CPU Willamette CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1.5G 1500MHz 100MHz 400MHz 15x 13x Pentium 4 1.
MX4GE Online Manual CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector. SYSFAN2 Connector GND +12V SENSOR GND +12V SENSOR CPUFAN1 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support hardware monitoring function.
MX4GE Online Manual DIMM Sockets This motherboard has two 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC1600 (DDR200), PC2100 (DDR266) or PC2700 (DDR333) memory up to 2GB.
MX4GE Online Manual How to Install Memory Modules Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. 1. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. Pin 1 52 pins 2. 40 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Tab Key 3. Pin 1 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.
MX4GE Online Manual DDR 266(PC2100) and DDR 333(PC2700) DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing SDRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems. To put it in a simple way, DDR SDRAM is like data going along a two lane highway, while at the same time data in traditional SDRAM go along a one way street. Therefore, it is a more advanced technology that provides a great overall improvement in system performance.
MX4GE Online Manual Front Panel Connector Attach the power LED, Keylock, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode. Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.
MX4GE Online Manual ATX Power Connector This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector. Make sure you plug in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to connect the 4-pin 12V ATX connector before connecting the 20-pin ATX power connector and use standard power supply specially designed for Pentium 4 system. AC Power Auto Recovery A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure.
MX4GE Online Manual STBY LED (Standby LED) The STBY LED is AOpen’s considerate design that we aim at providing you a friendly system information. The STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard. This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode.
MX4GE Online Manual IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
MX4GE Online Manual IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode. Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM. The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device, so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly. Tip: 1.
MX4GE Online Manual IrDA Connector The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection, the user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).
MX4GE Online Manual AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot MX4GE provides an AGP 4x slot. The AGP 4x is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only. AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to AGP 4x mode, 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s.
MX4GE Online Manual AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, MX4GE implements a blend new technology to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over-voltaging of AGP card. When AGP Protection Technology is implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out. Please note that if you install a AGP card with 3.
MX4GE Online Manual WOL (Wake on LAN) To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector. The system identification information (probably IP address) is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet, you need to install network management software, such as ADM, for the checking of how to wake up the system.
MX4GE Online Manual WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
MX4GE Online Manual CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot CNR is a riser card specification to replace the AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) that supports V.90 analog modem, multi-channel audio, and phone-line based networking. Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger, the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power. The analogy conversion (CODEC) circuit requires a different and separate circuit design, which is put on CNR card.
MX4GE Online Manual Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard On the strength of Intel ICH4 on board, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The green LED indicates the link mode, it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data. The orange LED indicates the transfer mode, and it lights when data is transferring in 100Mbps mode. To enable or disable this function, you may simply adjust it through BIOS.
MX4GE Online Manual JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper This motherboard provides PS2 keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
MX4GE Online Manual PC99 Color Coded Back Panel The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1, VGA port, Printer, USB, AC97 sound and game ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.
MX4GE Online Manual Support 2nd USB 2.0 Ports This motherboard provides six USB ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are two USB connectors on the board for you to connect four USB devices and two other ports on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from PC99 back panel or connect the front USB connector to the front panel of chassis. Compared to traditional USB 1.0/1.1 with the speed of 12Mbps, USB 2.
MX4GE Online Manual Case Open Connector The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function works, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform you.
MX4GE Online Manual CD Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. R GND GND L CD-IN Note: Though some of the latest versions of Windows support “Digital Audio” through IDE bus. However, in order to use Open Jukebox player, which is driven under BIOS, it is a MUST to connect audio cable to CD-IN connector on the motherboard.
MX4GE Online Manual Modem Audio Connector This connector is used to connect Mono In/MIC Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit. The pin 1-2 is Mono In, and the pin 3-4 is MIC Out. Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet, only some internal modem cards implement this connector.
MX4GE Online Manual COM2 Connector This motherboard provides two serial ports. One of them is on back panel connector, and the other is on the lower part of the board. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis.
MX4GE Online Manual Front Audio Connector If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn’t have an audio port on the front panel.
MX4GE Online Manual S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a latest audio transfer file format that provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connector with a even better audio quality.
MX4GE Online Manual Battery-less and Long Life Design This Motherboard implements a Flash ROM and a special circuit that provide you no batter power consumption of current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual.
MX4GE Online Manual Over-current Protection The Over Current Protection is a popular implementation on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltage with a regulator to transfer 12V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and thus makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supporting CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.3V/5V/12V power supply provide the full line over-current protection. 3.
MX4GE Online Manual Hardware Monitoring This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of those systems’ status goes wrong, there will be an alarm through the chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard (if having this function and enabled) to warn the user.
MX4GE Online Manual Resetable Fuse Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and USB port from over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (function to protect motherboard), user cannot replace them and result in malfunction of motherboard. With expensive Resetable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job.
MX4GE Online Manual Low ESR Capacitor The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for the stability of CPU power. The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. Not only that, MX4GE implements 2200μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μF) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
MX4GE Online Manual The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 2.0V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V and 2.140V. That is, the transient must be below 280mV. Below is a timing diagram captured by a Digital Storage Scope, it shows the voltage transient is only 143mv even when maximum 60A current is applied.
MX4GE Online Manual Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink Cool down CPU and Chipset are important for system reliability. Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over-clock the CPU.
MX4GE Online Manual Vivid BIOS technology Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen? Let’s rule out the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colourful POST screen! Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them running simultaneously during POST.
MX4GE Online Manual Driver and Utility There are motherboard drivers and utilities in AOpen Bonus CD. You don’t need to install all of them to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 2000) before you install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide. Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
MX4GE Online Manual Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility Windows 95/98 cannot recognize this chipset, because they were released earlier than Intel 845GE chipset. You can install Intel INF Update Utility from Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu to eliminate the “?” marks.
MX4GE Online Manual Installing Intel IAA Driver You can install Intel IAA Driver to increase the performance of software applications and reduce PC boot times. You can find it in AOpen Bonus Pack CD.
MX4GE Online Manual Installing Intel Extreme Graphic Driver You can download Intel Extreme graphic driver from the Bonus Pack CD.
MX4GE Online Manual Installing LAN Driver You can download LAN Driver from the Bonus Pack CD.
MX4GE Online Manual Installing Onboard Sound Driver This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC. This audio driver supports Windows 98SE and upper Windows OS; you can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
MX4GE Online Manual Installing USB2.0 Driver * Windows 2000 Installation Guide ************************************************* Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System ************************************************* After enabling the USB 2.0 controller and rebooting your system, Windows 2000 setup will show a "New Hardware Found" dialog box. Under Windows 2000, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller" will be displayed. 1. Choose "Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)".
MX4GE Online Manual *********************************************** Installing Driver in Existing Windows XP System *********************************************** After enabling the USB 2.0, Windows XP setup will show a "Found New Hardware" dialog box. Under Windows XP, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller" will be displayed. 1. Click on "Next," and from the generated list box, choose "Install from a list or special location (Advanced)", click "Next" 2.
MX4GE Online Manual 1. USBEHCI.SYS - 3/20/2002. 2. USBPORT.SYS - 8/17/2001. 3. USBHUB.SYS - 8/17/2001. So, new 3616 driver does not install complete. [Install by manual] 1. Disable Windows File Protection (WFP) 1. Start button/run/Regedit. 2. Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SFCDisable = 1 2. Copy all USB files from CD to HDD. 1. Copy all test drivers to %windir%\driver cache\i386. 2.
MX4GE Online Manual AOConfig Utility AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendly computer environment. We now bring you a comprehensive system detection utility. AOConfig is a Windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance.
MX4GE Online Manual 3. This page presents the IDE device information, such as serial number, manufacturer, firmware version, and capacity. 4. From this page, users can obtain the technical support information of AOpen. Moreover, detailed information could be saved in .bmp or .txt format. NOTE: AOConfig can be used under Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. Please also note that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard.
MX4GE Online Manual Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed.
MX4GE Online Manual Phoenix-AWARD BIOS System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu, this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset). Phoenix-Award BIOS™ installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports.
MX4GE Online Manual About BIOS Function Description… AOpen always dedicates to give user a more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM. When you select one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will appear at the right side of screen. Therefore, you don’t need to read this manual while you change BIOS settings.
MX4GE Online Manual How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press key to select, and use the and key to change setting values. You can also press key for help and press key to quit Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program.
MX4GE Online Manual Key Description F6 Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS. F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program.
MX4GE Online Manual How To Enter BIOS Setup After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables, power on and enter the BIOS Setup. Press during POST (Power-On Self Test) and choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Del Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
MX4GE Online Manual BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard ---EzWinFlash. With an eye to users convenience, EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together, so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it helps you complete the flash process automatically.
MX4GE Online Manual You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all the applications before you start the upgrading. 1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WMX4GE102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WMX4GE102.EXE & WMX4GE102.BIN. 4.
MX4GE Online Manual Glossary AC97 Basically, AC97 specification separates sound/modem circuit to two parts, digital processor and a CODEC for analogy I/O they are linked by AC97 link bus. Since digital processor can be put into motherboard main chipset, the cost of sound/modem onboard solution can be reduced. ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997).
MX4GE Online Manual AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound/modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card (AMR card) that connects to motherboard through AMR connector. AOpen Bonus Pack CD A disc bundled with AOpen motherboard product; there are motherboard drivers, Acrobat Reader for PDF online manual and other useful utilities. APM (Advanced Power Management) Unlike ACPI, BIOS controls most APM power management functions.
MX4GE Online Manual ATA/100 ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66. ATA/133 Compared to traditional ATA/100, ATA/133 has been up to 33 percent increase in interface speed with transfer rate of 133MB/s.
MX4GE Online Manual CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opportunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implementing LAN, home networking, DSL, USB, wireless, audio and modem subsystems widely used in today's "connected PCs". The CNR specification is an open industry specification and is supported by OEMs, IHV card manufacturers, silicon supplier and Microsoft.
MX4GE Online Manual DMA (Direct Memory Access) Channel for communications between the memory and surrounding devices. ECC (Error Checking and Correction) The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data. Each time memory is accessed; ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double-bit error and automatically correct single-bit error while parity mode can only detect single-bit error.
MX4GE Online Manual EV6 Bus EV6 Bus in the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation. EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data, similar as DDR SDRAM or ATA/66 IDE bus. EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2. For example, 200 MHz EV6 bus is actually using 100 MHz external bus clock, but the equivalent speed is 200 MHz. FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations.
MX4GE Online Manual FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio I2C Bus See SMBus. IEEE 1394 IEEE 1394 is a low-cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. The IEEE 1394 can transport data at 100, 200 or 400 Mbps. One of the solutions to connect digital television devices together at 200 Mbps.
MX4GE Online Manual Parity Bit The parity mode uses 1 parity bit for each byte, normally it is even parity mode, that is, each time the memory data is updated, parity bit will be adjusted to have even count "1" for each byte. When next time, if memory is read with odd number of "1", the parity error is occurred and this is called single bit error detection. PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) For Socket 7 CPU, one burst data read requires four QWord (Quad-word, 4x16 = 64 bits).
MX4GE Online Manual PC-1600, PC-2100 or PC-2700 DDR DRAM Based on FSB frequency, the DDR DRAM has 200MHz, 266MHz and 333MHz three types of working frequency. Because DDR DRAM data bus is 64-bit, it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64/8=1600MB/s, 266x64/8=2100MB/s and 333x64/8=2700MB/s in these current three DDR DRAM. Therefore, the PC-1600 DDR DRAM is working with 100MHz, PC-2100 DDR DRAM is working with 133MHz and PC-2700 with 166MHz FSB frequency.
MX4GE Online Manual POST (Power-On Self Test) The BIOS self-test procedure after power-on, sometimes, it is the first or the second screen shown on your monitor during system boot. RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) Rambus is a memory technology that uses large burst mode data transfer. Theoretically, the data transfer should be high than SDRAM. RDRAM is cascaded in channel operation.
MX4GE Online Manual SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) SIMM socket is only 72-pin, and is only single side. The golden finger signals on each side of PCB are identical. That is why it was called Single In Line. SIMM is made by FPM or EDO DRAM and supports 32-bit data. SIMM had been phased out on current motherboard design. SMBus (System Management Bus) SMBus is also called I2C bus. It is a two-wire bus developed for component communication (especially for semiconductor IC).
MX4GE Online Manual Ultra DMA Ultra DMA (or, more accurately, Ultra DMA/33) is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer’s data path (or bus) to the computer’s random access memory (RAM). The Ultra DMA/33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a rate of 33.3MB/s, twice as fast as the previous Direct Access Memory (DMA) interface.
MX4GE Online Manual VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements. VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I/O pins. Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption. ZIP file A compressed file format to reduce file size.
MX4GE Online Manual Troubleshooting If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem. Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer. Make sure if all jumper settings are correct.
MX4GE Online Manual Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power Yes and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. No The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
MX4GE Online Manual Continue No Check if there is display? Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective. Yes Press and key at the same time, hold them and then press to reboot the system. No Check if the system reboots? Yes Next 96 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
MX4GE Online Manual Continue During system rebooting, press to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. Check if the system can No reboot successfully? Yes Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98. End 97 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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MX4GE Online Manual Model name and BIOS version Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: MX4GE R1.20 Aug.01.2002 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2002, Award Software, Inc. MX4GE is model name of motherboard; R1.20 is BIOS version.
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